What Is the Future for Zoos and Aquariums?

Authors: Ron Kagan, Stephanie Allard, Scott Carter

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: accreditation, animal welfare, sanctuaries, zoo animals, zoo ethics

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2018

A Universal Animal Welfare Framework for Zoos

Authors: Ron Kagan, Scott Carter, Stephanie Allard

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: animal welfare, framework, welfare assessment, zoo

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2015

Influence of handler relationships and experience on health parameters, glucocorticoid responses and behaviour of semi-captive Asian elephants

Authors: JAH Crawley, O Lierhmann, DJ Franco dos Santos, J Brown, UK Nyein, HH Aung, W Htut, Z Min Oo, MW Seltmann, JL Webb

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

Keywords: asian elephants, human-animal relationship, welfare

2021

Analysis of stereotypic behaviour and enhanced management in captive Northern Giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis housed at Zoological Garden Alipore, Kolkata

Authors: Tushar Pramod Kulkarni

Publication/Journal: Journal of Threatened Taxa

Keywords: animal welfare, behavioural abnormalities, enrichment, giraffe, stereotypy

2020

Animal rights and captivity in a non-ideal world

Authors: Robert Garner

Publication/Journal: Neuroethics and Nonhuman Animals

Keywords: animal rights, animal welfare, captivity, cognitive capacities, confinement

2020

Appetitive Search Behaviors and Stereotypies in Polar Bears (Ursus maritimus)

Authors: Eduardo J Fernandez

Publication/Journal: Behavioural Processes

Keywords: appetitive behavior, polar bears, response-independent schedules, stereotypies, welfare, zoos

2020

Assessing preferences of two zoo‐housed Aldabran giant tortoises (Aldabrachelys gigantea) for three stimuli using a novel preference test

Authors: Mark James Learmonth, Sally Sherwen, Paul H Hemsworth

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, giant tortoise, preference testing, reptile behavior, tortoise, zoo animals

2020

Behavioral Implications of Enrichment for Golden Lion Tamarins: A Tool for Ex Situ Conservation

Authors: Kimberly Sanders, Eduardo Fernandez

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: callitrichid, enrichment, foraging, golden lion tamarin, primate, puzzle feeder

2020

Chimpanzees’(Pan troglodytes) problem-solving skills are influenced by housing facility and captive care duration

Authors: Sofia Forss, Alba Motes-Rodrigo, Christine Hrubesch, Claudio Tennie

Publication/Journal: PeerJ

Keywords: chimpanzees, experience effect, housing facility, physical cognition, problem-solving skills

2020

Comparison of fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations in hand‐versus parent‐reared whooping cranes (Grus americana)

Authors: Megan E Brown, Miranda R Torkelson, Glenn H Olsen, Ashley Krisp, Barry K Hartup

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: captive rearing, corticosterone, development, reintroduction, whooping cranes

2020